3x3 grow

The strawberry gorilla and bruce banner took off since being planted. Watering lightly when dry. The strawberry banana took almost a full week to break soil. As expected she fell behind the others a bit and continues to lag behind by about a week. The bruce banner was stretching a bit, but the gorilla didn't. Maybe due to pot positioning. I threw some supports under the banner. Watering with ph between 6.3-6.8.

Continued to water when dry. Banner was acting like it had been overwatered. Pot felt heavy-ish so didn't water for two days. Continuing to monitor. Also just propped her up due to her early stretch. Not actual LST just yet. Gorilla girl seems happy. Pot also felt heavy-ish skipped water for a day. Showing no signs of stress. The strawberry banana doesn't seem to be doing so hot. Leaves curling under. Continues to water as needed, seems to have helped a little (yes the leaves were curled worse than this). Continuing to monitor. Pot always feels light but don't want to overwater as it's still pretty small. I did notice that the two in the FFOF that had normal/light texture are doing great. The strawberry Banana which is in a pot with the FFOF that was clumpy/heavy/wet I have been having issues with since roots went down. Heavily curious if this is my error or a problem within the soil. Could be both I suppose. Popped some ventilation holes to help aerate pots that felt heavy. Due for feeding as of this week. Held off d/t lack of growth and problems that presented. Thinking to feed next week. Also had some algae crop up due to humidity being high a couple days. Dehumidifier would definitely be an asset if growing in the summer. Humidity levels have come back down thankfully. Added about 1/4 inch of sand on top of pots to prevent the algae growing anymore. Hope this does not interfere with dry amendment feeding.

Missed pictures on week 3 so week 3 and 4 will be the same, Sorry! Girls are doing much better this week. Strawberry Nana seems stunted in comparison to the other 2. Still healthy so I'll let her finish out. Good stretching this week. Did some light defoliation (just fan leaves blocking bud sites). Mostly tucking for now. Did do some L.S.T this week. Mainly for the B.B as was only one that presented as possibly needing it at this point. Also did a very light top dress at 1 tbsp / gallon of medium equal parts all purpose and fruit n flower (so 3 tbsp of each). 2 tbsp/gallon worm castings. Also brought light up to 32" and upped power to 100% from 25% @ 20 inches.

Continue watering as needed. LST on the Strawberry Gorilla (just to expose some budsites that were hidden). Light defoliation of S.G.G and B.B. Straberry Banana doing much better. Still much smaller than others. May have stunted her. But she's healthy. B.B and S.G.G showing sex at this point.

Whelp my light died. Literally would not power on with timer/without/with dimmer/without and every combination. So I had to throw the girls outside. They DID NOT like it. Next day they all looked like this with their leaves curled upwards and their stems pointing the leaves up. Ended up outside for 2 days before a buddy gave me some loaner lights. They're blurples and not the best. But better than the super stress of being outside when they were conditioned to a steady environment. I'll update with pics, apologies for the pics in advance.

First week back in the tent after the shock of being thrown outside. They seem to be responding better. Would definately help if my buddy knew what strength the lights were. They don't put off ANY heat so humidity has went up. Got a dehumidifier to help combat this. Seems to be working. I'm flying blind here with these lights just trying to keep the ship from sinking while waiting for my replacement light under warranty. Did some LST and watering as needed. Heavy defoliation. I guess he got these lights from Wish....so I'm not too hopeful that they're quality lights but again, better than the shock from being outside. I guess we'll see how much I can salvage this grow.

Just got the replacement in yesterday. Super happy to be replacing the unknown blurple lights. Strawberry Glue stretched a lot under those lights despite being 7" under one. Has to LST down the main cola in an attempt to maintain an even canopy. Strawberry Banana still stunted from something either overwatered early or the FFOF that was off mixed. Had to support the main cola as it was toppling. Bruce Banner right in the middle of the pack with decent size, good amount of bud sites and decent bud structure. All of them seem to be doing well despite the numerous setbacks. Maybe I can actually pull off something decent despite my terrible luck. 😅

Well another week down. S.G.G seems to be the winner out of this run. Good bud structure, stacking nicely. B.B coming in a strong second. Seems like it may either need a bit longer to finish out or it just may not be as big of yielder, time will tell. Strawberry Nanna still the smallest. Not expecting much anything off it at this point. Good learning experience for sure. Got hit with a Sulphur deficiency 5 days ago. Got it diagnosed quickly (within 24 hours) and remedied with a compost tea using some epsom salt (within 36 hours). Some damage still done, some curling tips and showing some yellowing patches from it. But none developing any further since the tea. Auto's keeping me on my toes. Everything happens so quickly barely anytime to adjust. Maybe I'll just do a single strain run next grow if I end up liking one of these better than the others. Would make it a bit easier I think. Or maybe I'll do another multi strain grow. Undecided at this point.

Another week down. Some bud pistils starting to brown/orange over a little. Was hoping to harvest within the next week but doesn't look promising. Another 2-4 weeks I imagine. The Strawberry Gorilla Glue is maturing nicely. The Bruce Banner maturing nicely as well but trichome production lacking behind strawberry glue a bit. It might need longer to finish up than the others. Definately showing her sativa side in bud and leaf structure. I am sick of defoliating her so I'm just letting her ride out the rest of this grow without it. Strawberry glue the exact opposite, showing her indica side in bud and leaf structure. Strawberry Banana still throwing me for a loop. Apparently she grew 1-2" without me noticing and got too close to the light. Signs of light stress, adjusted the light up an inch or two. Had to train down the bruce banner a bit, she was getting too big for her britches. Also trained down the strawberry banana due to the growth/light burn issue to help maintain even canopy. Not too worried but to say straw nana's had a rough life would be an understatement. I am AMAZED she didn't herm on me. I guess there's still time so we'll see. Humidity has been lower lately. Actually had to use the humidifier. Not terribly low (around 54% outside tent and around 45% inside tent at canopy level. All of the girls smell amazing. Bruce banner hits me the most on first unveil but quickly gives way to the strawberry glue. Still got some brown spotting on the straw nanna. She's definitely my problem child. So I brewed up a tea but the other 2 girls are drinking much more water at a faster rate. So the watering times were off by about a day. Managed to pull through and get em back on track with each other by holding water for a day from the B.B. and the strawberry glue. Top dressed today with wormcastings and some happy frog fruit and flower watered in with an ACT. Last top dress/feed until harvest. Hoping for some smooth sailing from here on in.

Well seems we are in cruise control I guess. Still not happy about the strawberry banana but I am to blame. Lot of things went wrong with her from early on all the way through but she never hermed which amazes me😅. She never really fully recovered from the outside transplant shock. Is what it is I suppose. She is the frostiest plant in the tent atm so got that going for her. Not gonna be a big yielder though but again, that is my fault and the fault of circumstance (light dying). Strawberry Gorilla Glue next frostiest in the tent. Definately showing some fall colors from the lower temps. Overall happy with her progress. Bruce Banner doesn't have that big wow factor of frost as with the other two but she's got the biggest buds for sure. Highest yielder in the tent I believe. She might need some more time after the other two. Kind of playing it by ear atm. The S.G.G and S.B look like they will be ready in a week or two. All cloudy trichs with a single amber here n there. Bruce banner shows no ambers yet so might need some more time to finish up all cloudy though so maybe she'll finish quicker than I'm giving credit for. The B.B and S.G.G got some yellowing leaf tips but this close to harvest I am just going to let them ride it out. I doubt anything I can do now will have an impact in the short amount of time and may well not be worth the effort.

Another week on cruise control. Strawberry Banana looks closest to being ready. About 60-70% of the pistils have turned orange/brown. Trichs all cloudy with little to no ambers yet. Maybe another week or so on here. Bruce Banner and Strawberry Gorilla Glue look good. Trichs cloudy. 30-40% of the pistils starting to change color. I feel they will take a bit longer than the Strawnanna. Was hoping they'd all finish at the same time but I know that was a tall order. We'll adapt and figure it out. Will mainly be posting trich/budshots as that is mainly what I am looking at to know when to harvest. So cruise control until harvest day, water when dry only. Last feeding was around week 6/7 of flower. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the progress! 😁

Another week on autopilot. Pretty pumped about the trich status on these girls. They smell amazing to boot. Bruce banner hits hardest on the nose now. A rub and sniff test of the strawberry banana and strawberry gorilla glue tell me as much. They both smell amazing as well just not as potent of a smell I suppose. Trichs are all milky. Most pistils changing color (about 80%ish) and receding. Still have not found a single amber despite approaching day 84 tomorrow. I want to say one more week but I think I'll be doing a staggered harvest. The strawberry banana is ready I feel, despite no ambers. The Strawberry gorilla glue also seems ready. Bruce banner....seems not so much. Showing fade and signs of nearing end of cycle but the trichs and pistils are telling me to wait. Feel free to weigh in on the comments if you feel so inclined. I could also try to push the strawberry girls until bruce banner decides its time. Just taking it one day at a time now.

Just harvested late last night (10/21/22). Will update with pics once dried and trimmed. Winner of the 3 girls in total yield. Least frosty of the 3. Dense buds. Grew more sativa like with long buds covering the branch. Was a nightmare to trim, MANY small fan and sugar leaves within the bud and they shrank a bit during drying into the buds. Not fun. Smells great, like a citrus smell (Myrcene I believe?) with a little hint of gas on the end. Currently in grove grove bags curing.

Just harvested late last night (10/21/22). Will update with pics once dried and trimmed. She came out SUPER dense. Happy with the end yield, a lot more than I though I was going to get. Currently in grove bags curing. I didn't care for the smell of her once I got to trimming. Smelled like a berry/cheese/gas. Almost smelled like an onion to me which I hate. Guess we'll see how she tastes once done curing.

Just harvested late last night (10/21/22). Will update with pics once dried and trimmed. All in grove bags for curing. Scheduling was tight so ended up spending all day trimming because it was my only free day. She came out well. Super frosty, smells like a smoothie. Not a big yielder but that was my fault for stunting her so early.